Slice of Light with V-Flats | Inside Fashion and Beauty Photography with Lindsay Adler
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ค. 2024
- It is powerful to be able to create tightly controlled slices of light in your photographs. That level of control creates drama, directs the eye, and can allow you to make creative compositions that would not otherwise be possible.
Yes, there are specialty modifiers that allow you to create slices of light (i.e. the Westcott Optical Spot), but you can also create a dramatic and theatrical lighting effect using nothing more than a bare bulb and 2 V-flats. In this video, I’ll show you just how to do that for striking results!
Let’s explore some of the key concepts behind bringing this image and technique to life!
Quality of Light:
In order to create the dramatic slices of light seen in this shoot, you’ll need to select a hard light source. A hard light source can be achieved (and exaggerated) in a few ways. Keep this essential rule of lighting in mind; the smaller the light source relative to your subject, the harder the light. In other words, you can (a) select a smaller light or modifier and/or (b) move the light further away from your subject and thus make it relatively smaller.
In this shoot, I selected a bare bulb (hard, direct, small light source) and moved it many feet away from my subject. In fact, the further away from the subject I can move it in the space, the ‘better’ and harder the light for this technique!
Flags:
To create the ‘slice’ effect in this image, you’ll need to block off some of the light using flags. Flags are really anything that can be placed in between the light and the subject/background for the purposes of controlling/blocking light.
In this fashion concept, I wanted the light to be blocked full length on the scene, therefore I used two V-flats with a narrow opening between them. This narrow space is what allowed that ‘slice’ of light to appear. The wider the opening, of course, the wider the slice of light.
The angle of Light:
As I began to play around with light and shadow in this concept, I realized that I wanted to purposefully cast the subject’s shadow on the background. This isn’t a necessary part of the concept, but I liked this approach because it was a twist on how I had utilized the slice of light in the past.
By using the subject’s shadow on the background, It helped to reinforce her shape and create interesting elements within the slice of light itself (rather than just being a blank highlight on the background). When the light was placed at a ‘normal’ angle (aka slightly higher than the subject and pointed down), it created a smaller and more compressed shadow behind the subject. Her shape was not as elongated or pleasing.
For that reason, I decided to break a key rule of lighting! I flipped the light upside down, with the light near the floor, and lit her from below! The result is that her shadow became very tall, exaggerated, and a compelling element of interest in the shot. In most images, I kept her face in profile or with her chin slightly downward to help avoid ‘monster’ light on her face (weird up-shadows from the nose).
Lighter background:
You can use a slice of light against any tone of the background, but in this image, I wanted to actually see the slice cut through the scene. For this reason, it was necessary to select a background with a lighter tone. I chose the Savage Universal Super White, and as a result, with a high contrast black and white conversion I could make the highlight on the background appear almost pure white!
Other considerations:
I grabbed the Canon R5 and the Canon RF 24-105mm to create these shots. While most of my compositions were full length, I also cropped in (105mm) for a tighter headshot that created striking sculpted light on my subject for a beauty shot. In other words, this lighting technique can be versatile!
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Photographer: Lindsay Adler
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Video: Samuel Bouret
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Makeup: Joanne Gair
Hair: Linh Nguyen
Styling: Raytell Bridges
Model: Alena Frolova
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😊Lindsay Adler, Thank you so very much for this video, I’m learning from you!
Enjoy a great and wonderful day. Keep up the great work!
You are one of the best photography educators out there today! I've done this technique many times, but never with the light from a lower perspective. GENIUS! Thank you again, Lyndsay.
Love it, the shadow on the back added so much to the image and what a simple set up to recreate! Thanks ADORAMA for having a Photographer of the level of Lindsay Adler on your channel.
Awww thank you!!!
You illustrated so beautifully that simplicity is the foundation for elegance! Love this!
Love all things Lindsay Adler!
You're too kind, thank you!
I'll never get tired of seeing you work and teach. I might say that amongst the portrait and fashion photographers I know and admire (old masters and new), you're the most creative and your work is absolutely marvelous. I'm very glad to be able to see your process and your final work. Truly an inspiration to me. Much love and respect from Brazil, Lindsay! ❤️
This lady does an outstanding job at clearly and systematically explaining and demonstrating key ideas to creaate images. I am not at all a fashion photographer, but it is just generally useful to see how she approaches creating the image she wants. The process is really key and more widely applicable than the video title suggests.
Thank you!
Great job!!!!! Thank you!
I absolutly loved this technique when I was lucky enough to attend your workshop in person. It resulted in my favorite image from the day. Thank you for all of the inspiration and education that you and your team provide! 😊
So glad you like it! Thank you for the kind words. :)
Gorgeous captures and work as usual and I just love watching these
How funny that with all the modifiers you managed to do magic with a bare bulb! This video is definitely a keeper, and I have been following you for quite some time. Great creativity!
Lindsay is simply the best
This was the most incredible fashion photography video I’ve ever seen Lindsey these images are so intense and give a lot of power and drama loving the light spread fantastic really enjoyed this one I’ve always wanted to try that look
Stunning, can't wait to try this.
I love your style Lindsay. Thx
You are such an excellent educator. Your love and passion for your craft comes through every word. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You’re my favorite photographer ever. I’ll be shooting a maternity shoot today and will use this technique towards the end of my session.
Thank you so much! :)
Can't wait to see!
this is exactly what I need right now. Thank you so much.
I always learn from you and you did it again . Thanks
aaaamazing concept love it
She's THE best!
Oh, wow, this is amazing!! I definitely want to try this!
Love it. Your videos are very helpful to learn advance level of lighting setup ❤️
You are one the best photography educator out there .
Amazing work as always.
Very cool technique! Thanks
Saw this done by Albert Watson.. flagging is a very effective control technique and you see what your going to get . Love this kid of stuff.
He's a master for sure.
I too saw that Albert Watson BTS of him capturing a portrait using 2 bare bulbs and two flags. Same concept Lyndsay always demonstrates, controlling light by adding, subtracting it.🙌🏼 Gorgeous work as always Lindsay.💕
So beautiful! And as you say, "One light and 2 V-flats. It looks simple... when you show us how. Thanks for this video. BTW, thank you for including the script with your videos. For a guy with aging ears it makes it easy to recover when my ears and brain don't connect with some word you have just said. Often it is the name of a piece of equipment or a reference to a person (amazing how C, D, F, G, S, Z, T can all sound the same sometimes through a computer speaker). 😁
Beautiful!
Great video. Very educational
Wow
Awesome!
Amazing thank you for the info
Lindsey = Dope...in a good way
I will try this soon.
So simply tutorial, so perfect result! You work is incredibily inspiring
Greetings from UA💙💛
Great tutorial, tommorow i try it.But I only have one v-flat, so I just need to use my gobo projector :)
Love to play with Light ! You have great ideas to use in my own work ,thank you stay safe
Thank you so much! :)
Lindsay u are brilliant
Ohhhh! I was close, but could never get this quite right because I was not using hard light! Thank you thank you, this is exactly what I was trying to do!
so glad I could help!
Thank you
cool photos. real class
❤❤ some love as requested. PS. Whenever your videos appear on my feed I watch. Are you ever in London??
Great Video, I'm going to try this.
Thank you!
Big fan of you ☺
Aw thank you!
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I was looking for the link for your course
Nice video, "breaking a key rule of lighting!" is the high point for me. Thanks for the knowledge shared.
Thank you so much! :)
It looks like you also used a strobe/off camera flash from the flashes shown in the video but I didn’t see you mention anything about that in the description. I thought using a flash would take away from the effect used by the consistent lighting.
Awesome Video but what are the camrea setting?
Thank you Lindsay. I see shadows below her nose and jawline that suggest a light is also coming from above to counter the “monster light” from lighting from below. What am I missing?
Well, it is a bare bulb, so some errant light is probably also bouncing from the ceiling subtly.
thanks for this great video! can you tell me how in the final foto (6:11) the model has rembrandtlight in her face while you were using a flash low at the ground?
Probably for the closeup it was switched maybe? Or I had her sitting.
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How do you get good might on models face since you are lighting from the bottom ? Is there anything above model to bounce light on her face? Or is the bottom light bouncing off the ceiling ?
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Let’s not underestimate the value of: a great looking model, a model that knows how to pose, great makeup, a great hairstyle, and a great outfit. These add tremendously to the final result. I think the lighting here is possibly the smallest piece of the puzzle.
Of course, but that isn't the point of the video. The other elements have a lot to do with it as well. This isn't about "how to create such and such shoot from start to finish" it's just about creating a slice of light. :)
Distance of flag from shadow?
Great video. Will this work just as well with flash? Obviously with trial and error as you can’t see the light in real time.
Given that she used flash why wouldn’t it? You did see the Profoto being triggered right?
I assume you mean a speedlite? If so, yes, it just depends on how much power the light has.
@@lindsayadlerphoto Thanks. Yeah, a speedlight or strobe. I have a godox ad200.
If anyone has an idea do get that VFlats in Germany - pls give me a hint
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a couple of styrofoam sheets and some black felt, and a spray can of glue...
More images of your results demonstrating what you were talking about would have been very helpful rather than trying to envision what the result should be from your discussion of the subject. A few images at the end but to long after the fact.
ahhhh.. but you watched until the end? :D guess my trick worked! just kidding, it wasn't a trick.. :P
@@lindsayadlerphoto 🙂yes made it to the end because it was interesting and informative. I did see the options w the v flats and was just looking, waiting, interested to see results in the images.
Funny when you said guess my truck worked you had me there for the moment and I thought then oh that’s why!
Thank you for your reply!
@@lschiz-photography1765 hahaha. I didn't trick you, I swear!
@@lindsayadlerphoto Yes, I know! 👍🙂